Sam Garriott Antonacci: "It is a variation on a book that is currently [March 2010] in an exhibition on Bainbridge Island with a theme of 'Art Couture: Hats & Shoes.' The book is a visual rumination on the path and steps that we all take as artists, one step at a time, stumbling along as we try to find our way and the medium that suits us, our voice, etc. It is housed behind a cut-out of shoes, and can be folded around to change the different images that reflect some of my own steps and influences as an artist. The illustrations are a combination of my own art (after illuminated manuscripts, Magritte, and Monet), and paper cuts from postcards and correspondence from various far-flung artist friends sending encouragement, commiseration, and inspiration."